Avery Fauntleroy was 16 years old in 2008 when he entered the Charles H. Hickey Jr. School, a juvenile detention center in ...

Thousands of defendants are currently unrepresented in Oregon. Public defenders say the problem is one of supply and demand.

Supporters and opponents of a bill that would update the state's transient lodging tax faced off before a legislative committee Thursday, with proponents arguing the bill would help address the ...

Under the proposed legislation, striking workers must go two weeks without pay before qualifying for unemployment benefits.

With just a few months to go before programs would begin, Oregon’s Legislature is once again scrambling to pass funding for summer school. A proposal to allocate $35 million in summer learning grants ...

The pioneering bill squeaked through one chamber of the Legislature in Salem, but there were some Democratic dissenters.

The bill would barely impact the state’s unemployment fund, they say: The Oregon Employment Department estimated that if ...

Some Lancaster County residents will be voting in a special election on Tuesday. It's for the 36th state Senate district.

A bill under consideration at the Legislature proposes significant changes to Oregon’s election system. House Bill 3166 would open primaries to all registered voters regardless of party affiliation ...

The premise behind two constitutional amendments proposed by Republican lawmakers is that it's too easy to place an ...

Grant School District is hundreds of thousands of dollars into a project that is supposed to be reimbursed by the federal ...

Under current Oregon law, a person convicted of a "qualifying misdemeanor" involving a family or household member is ...